[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 5409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02390]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Publication of Housing Price Inflation Adjustment

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary (Personnel and Readiness), DoD.

ACTION: Notice of housing price inflation adjustment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is announcing the 2018 rent 
threshold under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

DATES: This notice is valid January 1, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lt. Col. Reggie D. Yager, Office of 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, (703) 571-
9301.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as 
codified at 50 U.S.C. App. 3951, prohibits a landlord from evicting a 
Service member (or the Service member's family) from a residence during 
a period of military service except by court order. The law as 
originally passed by Congress applied to dwellings with monthly rents 
of $2,400 or less. The law requires the Department of Defense to adjust 
this amount annually to reflect inflation and to publish the new amount 
in the Federal Register. Applying the inflation adjustment for 2017, 
the maximum monthly rental amount for 50 U.S.C. App. 3951 (a)(1)(A)(ii) 
as of January 1, 2018, will be $3,716.73.

    Dated: February 1, 2018.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2018-02390 Filed 2-6-18; 8:45 am]
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